Friday, 8 September 2017

Shaun Parker presents BLUE LOVE [LIVE on stage]

Award-winning
Australian choreographer Shaun Parker takes to the stage to perform the role
of Glenn Flune, alongside the hysterical and dynamic Lucia Mastrantone
as Rhonda Flune.

8 SEPT
FRI 8PM BLUE LOVE[LIVE] Infused with
intense physical theatre, film and dance, Shaun Parker’s Blue Love is a
poetic and satirical take on the clichés of pop culture, romance,
coupledom and suburbia.

From a fantastic place where
television soap meets art-house film, Glenn and Rhonda Flune take the
audience on an expedition in search of the perfect relationship.

Blue Love is inspired by famous works of art, theatre, music, and film, all of which deal with the concept of love.

This quirky, character-based work is a multi-media, physical theatre
comedy: accessible, challenging and enormously entertaining.

“It’s a tight package of snappy acting… and a fat dose of funny.” The Daily Telegraph

“Blue Love is so much fun it can’t possibly be good for you.” The Sydney Morning Herald

Award-winning Australian choreographer Shaun Parker will
facilitate a 2 hrsmasterclass for emerging and professional dancers titled ‘Meaning,
movement and dramaturgy’. Parker will share his process for devising
original dance theatre and the tools he engages to create non-verbal
storytelling through the body. The workshop will utilise concepts from
psychology and human behaviour as the instigation of creating material for
performance.

Actors interested in physical theatre also very welcome.book now $15. max 20 places. age 16+

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Critical Reviews

"Shaun Parker’s “dance” hit is so cutting edge it
actually wanders off the edge of any single-word definition. It’s a
tight package of snappy acting, super-smooth relevant dance, superb
singing and a fat dose of funny. Parker calls it “multi media physical
theatre”. This reviewer will settle for a single word label after all:
“brilliant”. A funny, inspiring, heart-wrenching journey that turns an
hour into a long exciting moment. Parker is a genius”. Daily Telegraph

"This is a performance that splashes the trials and
triumphs of true love all over the stage … these are two very
accomplished performers. Neave delivers her dialogue with wit and a
great sense of timing. The subject matter trawls across Renaissance love
songs, beautifully sung by Parker in his superb countertenor voice." The Age

"It is in the telling of their (Glenn and Rhonda’s) story
that this production is so unique. It is full of fun and surprises, wit
and colour, and most intriguing of all it shows that the difference
between the absurd and the poignant can be just a movement away … Blue
Love both celebrates and mocks popular culture and with the telling of
the ups and downs of love and romance within this context, clichés are
inevitable. Rather than attempting to avoid them, Parker has used these
to great effect." Australian Stage Online

"BLUE LOVE is so much fun it can’t possibly be good for
you. Shaun Parker and Veronica Neave apply their well-honed dance skills
to a movement-based parody of an upwardly mobile young couple who trip
over their pretensions and their relationship with hilarious
unpredictability." Sydney Morning Herald